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Iona, Iona Abbey museum. View of effigy of unknown armoured man.
SC 369797
Description Iona, Iona Abbey museum. View of effigy of unknown armoured man.
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 369797
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 8940
Scope and Content Carved stone effigy, from Iona, Argyll and Bute Iona is one of the most important religious sites in Scotland. The earliest community was formed by St Columba who came over from Ireland around AD 563. This was replaced by the Benedictine Abbey and Augustinian Nunnery in around AD 1200. This slightly-tapering slab bears the effigy of a man in armour. His head rests on a plain pillow and there is a hound at his feet. He wears a mail coif, bascinet, chin-guard and mail gauntlets. He carried a spear and a sword and had a shield. The slab was formerly in Reilig Odhrain, but is now in the Abbey Museum (No 100). No inscriptions have survived to identify the figure, though his shield design - a wyvern on a tower, is still visible. The style belongs to the Iona school of carving. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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